Mid East – Page 1331 – Prologue Journal

Families of Hamas Hostages Split on Possible Israeli Invasion of Gaza

New York Times The families are torn between wanting their loved ones returned safely at any cost and concern about more loss of life. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-hostages-gaza-invasion.html

300 Arrested at Protest Near U.S. Capitol Over Israel-Hamas Ceasefire

New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/world/middleeast/protest-israel-hamas-ceasefire-congress.html

Protests rage on across world after Israel reduces Gaza hospital to rubble

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Protests rage on across the world after Israel’s killing of hundreds of Palestinians during a single strike against a hospital in Gaza. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/10/18/712992/Palestine-Israel-protests-bombing-hospital-Gaza-war

Jacob Lew, Biden Nominee for Ambassador to Israel, Is Grilled by Senators

New York Times Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee accused Jacob Lew of having enabled the rise of Iran-backed terror groups as President Obama’s treasury secretary. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/world/middleeast/jack-lew-ambassador-israel.html

U.S. Vetoes U.N. Security Council Resolution on Israel-Hamas War

New York Times The American ambassador said the U.S. couldn’t support a measure that didn’t mention Israel’s right to self-defense. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-gaza-un-security-council.html

U.S. Says Israel Didn’t Cause Hospital Blast, as Biden Promises Aid to Gaza

New York Times President Biden backed Israel’s claim that a Gaza City explosion that killed hundreds, which Hamas blamed on Israel, had come from a failed rocket launch by an armed Palestinian group. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/world/middleeast/biden-israel-gaza-hospital.html

Protests Erupt Over ‘Horrific Scenes’ of Palestinians in Gaza

New York Times Not only Arabs in the street but, strikingly, also their rulers nearly uniformly condemned Israel for the Gaza hospital attack and other violence affecting Palestinians. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/world/middleeast/protests-gaza-hospital-israel-palestine.html

Devastation in Gaza After Hospital Blast

New York Times Still reeling from an explosion outside Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, medical workers spoke of the destruction that left hundreds there dead. “We haven’t seen anything like this in our lives,” said one doctor. https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009138414/gaza-hospital-explosion.html

WATCH NOW: ‘I want to know where my Roni is’

Jerusalem Post The Jerusalem Post presents: “Faces of the War”. Maayan Hoffman and Zvika Klein speak with Eyal and Sharon – parents of Roni, missing Israelis soldier. https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-769093

OIC blasts Israel’s ‘organized state terrorism’ in Gaza

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. OIC has condemned Israel’s brutal on a hospital in central Gaza as an act of “organized state terrorism” and a “war crime.” https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/10/18/712983/OIC-Palestine-al-Ahli-Arab-Hospital-Gaza-UN-